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Drinking Straw
Object Number 990-5-50/12229
Display Title Drinking Straw
Descriptions
Object Description Drinking straw.
Inventory Description Carved wooden tube, plain.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (14 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12229; 1.675d
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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